Eastman

Eastman guitars and mandolins came as the result of a passion for high quality string instruments inherited from our internationally recognized fine violin line. Eastman offers musicians an opportunity to enjoy instruments produced by expert craftspeople entirely by hand using the best possible tonewoods, and time tested carving/building techniques.

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  • Eastman AR603CE-15D 605CED 15″ Classic 15″Electric Archtop Guitar w case#2100865

    The Eastman Jim Fisch  603 and 605ce series was designed for the giging guitarist that needs flexibility, clarity and fullness. The 603 series features a hand carved spruce top with a hand carved mahogany back and solid mahogany sides. This 15" is small and compact, light and easy to play with great action and tone.

    MSRP $2,999
    $2,399

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  • Eastman AR610CE Acoustic Archtop Carved Jazz Guitar Classic finish# w case2200032

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610).

    MSRP $2,899

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  • Eastman AR610CE Acoustic Archtop Carved Jazz Guitar Classic finish# w case12850359

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610).

    MSRP $2,899
    Price $2,350

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Eastman - 16 and 17 Archtops

Premium tonewoods and the time honored process of meticulous hand craftsmanship form a harmonious relationship that has established Eastman as a major force in the world of archtop guitars. Today Eastman offers the widest selection of classic and contemporary archtop guitars in the industry. Most often associated with jazz, Eastman archtops are frequently used in many other styles of music due to their beautiful sound, range and finish.



Eastman - John Pisano

World renowned jazz guitarist John Pisano personally designed his signature model from top to bottom, with all the features he ever wanted in a guitar. Crafted entirely by hand, the John Pisano Signature Model at Guitars ‘n Jazz features the finest available wood and fittings.

  • Eastman JP AR680CE 2009 Archtop Jazz Guitar #4972 w case

    Deluxe archtop personally designed by master guitarist John Pisano. Hand-carved spruce top & mahogany sides & back. Warm classic tone and finish. Custom Kent Armstrong humbucker pickup. Lowest price Guaranteed!

    MSRP $3,499

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    Eastman JP AR680CE 2009 Archtop Jazz Guitar #4972 w case
  • Eastman AR680CE Features

    Deluxe archtop personally designed by master guitarist John Pisano. Hand-carved spruce top & mahogany sides & back. Warm classic tone and finish. Custom Kent Armstrong humbucker pickup. Lowest price Guaranteed!

    MSRP $2,900

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    Eastman AR680CE Features

John collaborated with noted pickup designer Kent Armstrong to design a humbucking pickup that covers the complete tonal spectrum, and makes this guitar sound as good plugged in as it does acoustically.

The finished product is one of Eastman’s best performing Jazz guitars. The ebony fretboard is seamlessly finished at the edges. The set Humbucker routed in pickup allows a player to perform with minimal feedback and a full fat warm jazz tone with the clarity and chordal note separation that you would expect from a full carved hand carved archtop. Responsive and gutsy are attributes combined masterfully in this fine instrument, which allow this instrument to be played with a full attach with a pick, or gently with the finger tips. This is one of Eastmans best guitars that can do it all!



Eastman - Jim Fisch Series

Each Jim Fisch Archtop Guitar is hand crafted with a solid Spruce for the top and Mahogany back and sides- which is available in a whole series of different archtops.

  • Eastman AR605CED Spruce Mahogany 16″ Archtop 2 HB w case

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,995
    Price $2,395

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    Eastman AR605CED Spruce Mahogany 16″ Archtop 2 HB w case

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  • Eastman AR610CE Acoustic Archtop Carved Jazz Guitar Classic finish# w case2300554

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610).

    MSRP $2,899
    Price $2,395

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  • Eastman AR610CS Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300617

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone.

    MSRP $2,399
    Price $2,079

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    Eastman AR610CS Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300617

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  • Eastman AR610CS Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300616

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone.

    MSRP $2,399
    Price $2,079

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    Eastman AR610CS Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300616
  • Eastman AR610cs Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300477

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610).

    MSRP $2,399
    Price $2,079

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    Eastman AR610cs Sunburst Non Cutaway Acoustic Archtop #L2300477

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  • Eastman AR603CE-15D Classic 15″Electric Archtop Guitar w case#L210864

    The Eastman Jim Fisch  603 series was designed for the giging guitarist that needs flexibility, clarity and fullness. The 603 series features a hand carved spruce top with a hand carved mahogany back and solid mahogany sides. This 15" is small and compact, light and easy to play with great action and tone.

    MSRP $2,999
    $2,399

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    Eastman AR603CE-15D Classic 15″Electric Archtop Guitar w case#L210864
  • Eastman AR610

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610).

    MSRP $1,950
    Price $1,595

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    Eastman AR610
  • Eastman AR605 Features

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).

    MSRP $1,975

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    Eastman AR605 Features
  • Eastman AR605CE Features

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,050

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    Eastman AR605CE Features
  • Eastman AR610CE

    A classic 17 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR610). Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box. Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,150

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    Eastman AR610CE

The 605ce features Rosewood fingerboards and are available in Classic and Classic/Sunburst finishes. The mahogany back and sides ad a warmth and depth to the guitar not found in standard maple back and sides archtops. The Rosewood fingerboard enhances the warmth of this archtop.

The 16″ 605ce has a flatter Django style cutaway that imparts a very homogenous tone with great clarity to all the chordal voicing, which excellent chordal note separation This series sound great acoustically with great projection and fullness and is the preferred combination for bluegrass and country music.

The 610 ce is a 17″ fully carved archtop with a traditional Venetian cutaway that creates greater note separation and brighter highs, and fuller lows than its 16′ counterpart. Warm, full with plenty of projection this guitar can stand alone acoustically or amplified with the best archtops. Most Eastman archtops with cutaways are equipped with Kent armstrong designed pickups attach to the pickguard and not to the top of the guitar to allow the greatest acoustic tone and projection.

The 600 series also comes in non cutaway archtops that have the larger top and back soundboards that allow this to be played acoustically with greater projection. The non cutaway models are the favorite of all comping musicians for achieving that chunky full rhythm sound of the big bands of the 30’s and 40’s. Great chordal note separation and full loud projection found on only the most well made hand made archtops. The Non cutaway models are stocked with f holes for the greatest chordal note separation and in the 16 inch 605 and the 17″ 610 models,

The 604 is a 16″ oval hole model with a great acoustic voice for those special acoustic situations that require greater chordal note separation that can be found in an acoustic or flat top guitar.